Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." There is no way that you can be feeling sad when you are giving thanks to God. When we are rejoicing for all that God has done, we can’t be feeling sad because these two are polar opposites of one another. Many people that I counsel with that have severe depression, times of sadness, or have a lack of the assurance of their salvation are spending little or no time in the Bible and that’s too bad because it can bring us out of the darkness into the light because “faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ" (Rom 10:17).